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LOT 1740

Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Cruciform Brooch Fragment

6TH CENTURY A.D.

3 1/2 in. (70 grams, 91 mm).

'Florid' type with square panel of Style I ornament to the headplate and fragment of one lateral lug with billet ornament, deep bow with square stud, footplate with Style I orament and one lappet, upper section of the mask forming the foot; ferrous lump from the pin and catch to the reverse.

Provenance

Found Lincolnshire, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.

Literature

Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 12.36.

CONDITION

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LOT 1740

Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Cruciform Brooch Fragment

Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

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